CLA 210 Questions and Answers

CLA 210 Questions and Answers Hesiod - wrote the epic poem the Theogony: offers earliest Greek version of genesis. - Genesis - begins with chaos (yawning void) - out of chaos the universe came into being - from chaos came Ge, Tartarus, Eros, Erebus, and Night - creation of man: four ages: silver, bronze, heroes, iron Gaia - "Earth and fertility mother" - came from Chaos - first conceived deity was a woman Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:04 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More Helius god of the sun; son of Hyperion who was a Titan - sun gods cross the dome of the sky in a chariot drawn by four horses, descends in the West into the stream of Oceanus, and sails back East to begin a new day Eos - (Aurora) goddess of the dawn - third child of Hyperion, titan - drives a two horse chariot - fell in love with mortal Tithonus - asked for Tithonus to be immortal but did not ask for eternal youth and he grew older and older - had a son Memnon, killed by Achilles Oceanus - titan, stream of Ocean that encircles the disc of the earth in the early cocept of geography - father of the many spirits of water and the Oceanids, three thousand daughters and three thousand sons Theogony epic poem by Hesiod, describes the Greek version of Genesis from chaos Uranus - male sky or heavens - had lightening and thunder - marriage to Gaia, earth, was the holy/sacred marriage - had children with Gaia: 3 Cyclopes, 3 Hecatonchires, 12 Titans Tithonus - mortal lover of Eos, goddess of the dawn - Eos asked for his immortality - did not ask for eternal youth; began to age and shrivel Titans - 12 brothers and sisters who mate with each other, children of the sacred marriage of Uranus and Gaia - Oceanus: stream of Ocean that encircles the disc of the earth - Hyperion: god of the sun, father of Helius, Selene, Eos - Cronus and Rhea: had several children who were devoured by Cronus as soon as they were born. Cronus had castrated and overthrown his own father, Uranus, so he was scared of the same fate. Rhea hid Zeus who came back to overthrow Cronus. Chaos - "yawning void", beginning of creation - from which came Gaia, Tartarus, Eros, Erebus, and night - Hesoid and Theogony Sacred Marriage - between Gaia, earth, and Uranus, sky Selene - goddess of the moon, daughter of Hyperion, drives a two horse chariot. - fell in love with Endymion and would abandon her duties to visit the the ground of Endymion who was granted perpetual sleep and eternal youth Cronus - last born child of Gaia - castrated his father Uranus, threw the genitals into the ocean which created Aphrodite - defeated by his son Zeus Eros - created by Chaos - potent concept of love - fundamental Aphrodite - created from the castration of Uranus by Kronos, cast into the sea Titans - children of Uranus and Gaia: sacred marriage - six brothers and six sisters who mate with each other - Oceanus: titan of the Ocean - Hyperion: god of the sun -Kronos and Rhea: had children who were devoured by Kronos when they were bron - Kronos had castrated and overthrown his father Uranus was defeated by Zeus Rhea - wife of Kronos - titan - convinced Kronos that he had already eaten Zeus - Zeus comes back to overthrow Kronos